Leaving Liu Dan alive, Huo Guang's reason for giving the ministers was: he was the child of the first emperor and wanted to save face.

This has two implications.

First, it highlights Huo Guang's own political legitimacy, I am the first emperor to be alone, and I feel the kindness of the first emperor.

Second, it is not just about killing and cutting down the roots to consolidate power.

In the ecology of politics, at any time, when people feel that you are a threat, no one will talk to you about feelings. But if he's too far away from you to be a threat at all, you can play the emotional card.

Some people will make many of the same mistakes in their lifetime.

Your political purpose and prestige often need these people to be the ladder.

It's like a smart manager will always leave some mediocre or even annoying employees, and the purpose of their existence is to eliminate the killer at the end of the day when the time is tough.

Liu Dan, the king of Yan who survived by luck, did not reflect on this and did something to die, and he did it a second time later.

But the story of Yanwang Liu Dan is enough to wake up Liu Xun. From beginning to end, Liu Dan, the king of Yan, has been talking about his desires. He wanted to be emperor, he wanted to usurp the throne, and he talked about all his thoughts before he could do anything. He believed that if he proclaimed himself the first succession to the empire in public, the people would support him.

He believed that he preached and questioned the size of the jade seal, and suspected that the ministers were plotting to support it, so that he could unite and seal his own strength in the country to help him risk the Nine Clans.

But in reality, expressing your desires and thoughts without embellishment will make you visible. Because of this, no one will respect you or fear you.

One of the great flaws in human nature is that people have a huge degree of trust in external performance.

No matter how notorious this person's reputation is, when he behaves differently from you, you will always think that this person may be misunderstood, or that you have the power of a sage to make him good with you. People will be deceived by outward appearances.

This also makes it not as difficult to deceive others as you think. As the saying goes, "hearing is false, seeing is believing". Because in the process of evolution, in order to reduce the loss of energy, the self-contained program is biased towards defaulting to the judgment seen with one's own eyes as the last gate. If you doubt what you see, your brain will blow up.

This also means that it is never too late for you to aspire to be a person with a city government from now on. Don't be like Liu Dan, a fool, who talks about the things in his dreams every day.

You should always say as little as possible. When you don't talk much, your silence can make you feel like you're lifting weight.

People are animals who are afraid of the cold, and they will expose themselves and their weaknesses to you in order to break the ice. You need to train your conversation all the time.

Because the nobleman is late in speaking.

People will pay more attention to your few words, and even speculate about the meaning of your every word. This will help you create a greater atmosphere of power.

The best debater in a debate tournament can never be a good persuader. When you keep your mouth shut, you can make your followers fall under your command in fear. The more carefully you keep your mouth in check, the less people around you will be able to guess your thoughts and intentions, and the more you will appear to be the most reliable person in the world. All your actions will make people feel that they may really be able to follow you.

Don't be like Liu Dan, a mouth can make people see that this is a standard fool. Seven years later, Liu Dan, a fool, resurfaced. He still hasn't forgotten his dream. At the same time, this time his allies had some strength.

Emperor Zhao's sister, the eldest princess, the third person, Shangguan Sang, and the imperial envoy Sang Hongyang also joined in.

Their purpose is to get rid of Huo Guang, who is in the first place.

As a result, this group of people was easily stewed by Huo Guang.

It is another power war between the high dimension and the low dimension, and the level difference is not ordinarily large.

In the field of power, the standard configuration of a political master is: vision, sexual prudence, and government ability.

You have to be able to take every step of the way.

You have to have an eye for the ebb and flow of the storm, and know when to join and when to stand up.

You have to be able to handle the intricacies of national policies that concern the people, fix the broken parts, and straighten out the machine.

Among them, "prudence" is the first "1".

On his deathbed, Emperor Wu entrusted the five auxiliary ministers: Huo Guang, Jin Riyan, Shangguan Ji, Tian Qianqiu, and Sang Hongyang.

Emperor Xiaowu thought that he had arranged a proper match and restrained each other, but he did not know that any of the Tuogu combinations since then had not achieved the initial expected effect of the leader. It's all after a fight, and in the end, there is only one person left to unify the whole picture.

The only exception, called Liu Bei, is clearly handed over to one person. This story has also become the most perfect match between monarchs and ministers in history.

Let's take a look at what level these people in Emperor Wu Tuogu are.

In these five-person group, there are still masters at the same level as Huo Guang. Kim Il-pan.

In the spring of 121 years ago, Huo Guang's brother led 10,000 elites to ride out of Longxi, crossed the Yanzhi Mountain for more than 1,000 miles, and killed the Hexi Corridor to the point of killing chickens and dogs, and also captured the sacrifice of King Hutu.

In the summer, Huo Qubing beat the two kings of Qilian Mountain again and slaughtered them, and defeated the two kings again. When the two kings descended to the Han Dynasty together, King Hutu repented and was killed by the evil king, who was only fourteen years old at the time, and Jin Riyan, who was the prince of Hutu, was also brought to the Han Dynasty, and was later placed in the Huangmen Department to raise horses.

From a prince to a groom, this kind of big plate diving in life is something that few people can understand except for Mr. Sun Wukong. But Jin Riyan did not hit the Nantianmen like Mr. Sun, but chose to do his insulting job well.

After a banquet in the palace, Emperor Wu suddenly wanted to see his thousands of horses.

The horsemen led the horses past in front of Emperor Wu, and it was obvious that this group of horsemen did not have the spirit of horses, either they saw the favorite concubines looking left and right, or they were scared and chirping.

Cranes are very easy to stand out in the flock.

Emperor Wu saw at a glance among the centaurs a person with the same spirit as his horse. A burly and majestic young man walked through the hall with a horse without squinting, which surprised Emperor Wu.

How can there be such a person doing such a job?

Emperor Wu specially inquired about this young man, and after learning that Jin Riyan was the son of King Hutu, he promoted him to be a horse supervisor (Sun Dasheng Jiugang).

No matter how small the sesame is, it is also an official, and Kim Il-pan, a down-and-out prince, stepped into the officialdom of the enemy country and began to practice hard.

Later, after a cautious investigation, Emperor Wu later transferred him to his own secretariat and promoted him to the rank of Captain of the Horse and Doctor Guanglu.

Captain Ma Du is the captain of the Royal Guard, and Doctor Guanglu is an important member of the imperial decision-making circle, if Emperor Wu has confidants, there are probably only two in his life.

One is Huo Guang and the other is Jin Riyan.

Emperor Wu is very fond of the calm and mature Jin Riyan, and all kinds of rewards make people blush, and some people once said to Emperor Wu: Why does Your Majesty reuse a beard? In order to show that he has the world in mind, Emperor Wu reused Jin Riyan even more.

Jin Riyan has two sons, Emperor Wu loves it very much, and often stays by his side to play, because the eldest son is debauched, and the palace maid was bumped into by Jin Ripan, and when he went home, Lao Jin slaughtered the child.

Emperor Wu was furious and complained about his ruthlessness.

Jin Riyan said: All evil and fornication are the head, this son is messing around, if you don't kill it, the minister will have the trust of His Majesty.

There is an argument that Jin Il-pan can even kill his son in order to do his best and show loyalty, what else can't he do! Emperor Wu doesn't seem to have good eyes, how can this kind of person be used? Many people will take the example of Yi Ya cooking his own son in order to fight Qi Huan Gong to compare with Jin Riyan.

Actually, there is a big difference.

After Yi Ya heard Qi Huan Gong say that "the widow tastes the world's delicious food and does not eat human flesh", in order to please Qi Huan Gong, he killed all his sons and made soup. This kind of person who does everything to please for the sake of all his strength is absolutely unusable!

But Kim Il-pan belongs to the opposite. He killed the child to save his family. Emperor Wu likes you today, it's nothing to play with the two palace maids, but what if this kid goes to the concubine's bed another day? The whole family can't be put in because of this child whose behavior is becoming more and more uncontrollable.

It's a huge sense of responsibility. There have always been two major breakthroughs in the fight against corruption. One is a woman and the other is a child.